Comparing equilibration schemes of high-molecular-weight polymer melts with topological indicators Luca Tubiana, Hideki Kobayashi, Raffaello Potestio, Burkhard Duenweg, Kurt Kremer, Peter Virnau, Kostas Daoulas
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter,
(2021); doi:10.1088/1361-648x/abf20c
Ultra-coarse-graining of homopolymers in inhomogeneous systems F. Berressem, C. Scherer, D. Andrienko and A. Nikoubashman
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter,
(2021);
Numerical methods for compressible fluid flows E. Feireisl, M. Lukacova-Medvidova, H. Mizerova, B. She
Springer, Modeling, Simulation and Applications , Vol. 20 (2021);
This is book is devoted to the numerical analysis of compressible
fluids in the spirit of the
celebrated Lax equivalence theorem. The text is aimed at graduate students in mathematics
and fluid dynamics, researchers in applied mathematics, numerical analysis
and scientific computing, and engineers and physicists.
The book contains original theoretical material based on a new approach to generalized
solutions (dissipative or measure-valued solutions).
The concept of a weak-strong uniqueness principle in the class of generalized solutions is used to prove the convergence
of various numerical methods. The problem of oscillatory solutions is solved by an original adaptation of the method of K-convergence. An effective method of computing the Young measures is presented. Theoretical results are illustrated by a series of numerical experiments. Applications of these concepts are to be expected in other problems of fluid mechanics and related fields.
Analysis of a viscoelastic phase separation model Aaron Brunk, Burkhard Duenweg, Herbert Egger, Oliver Habrich, Maria Lukacova-Medvidova and Dominic Spiller
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter,
(2021);
A new model for viscoelastic phase separation is proposed, based
on a systematically derived conservative two-fluid model. Dissipative effects are
included by phenomenological viscoelastic terms. By construction, the model
is consistent with the second law of thermodynamics. We study well-posedness
of the model in two space dimensions, i.e., existence of weak solutions, a weakstrong uniqueness principle, and stability with respect to perturbations, which
are proven by means of relative energy estimates. Our numerical simulations
based on the new viscoelastic phase separation model are in good agreement with
physical experiments. Furthermore, a good qualitative agreement with mesoscopic
simulations is observed.
A new model for viscoelastic phase separation is proposed, based
on a systematically derived conservative two-fluid model. Dissipative effects are
included by phenomenological viscoelastic terms. By construction, the model
is consistent with the second law of thermodynamics. We study well-posedness
of the model in two space dimensions, i.e., existence of weak solutions, a weakstrong uniqueness principle, and stability with respect to perturbations, which
are proven by means of relative energy estimates. Our numerical simulations
based on the new viscoelastic phase separation model are in good agreement with
physical experiments. Furthermore, a good qualitative agreement with mesoscopic
simulations is observed.
Force probe simulations using an adaptive resolution scheme Marco Oestereich, J Gauss, Gregor Diezemann
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter,
(2021); doi:10.1088/1361-648x/abed18
Iterative integral equation methods for structural coarse-graining Marvin P. Bernhardt, Martin Hanke, Nico F. A. van der Vegt
The Journal of Chemical Physics 154 (8),
084118
(2021); doi:10.1063/5.0038633
Combination of Hybrid Particle-Field Molecular Dynamics and Slip-Springs for the Efficient Simulation of Coarse-Grained Polymer Models: Static and Dynamic Properties of Polystyrene Melts Zhenghao Wu, Giuseppe Milano, and Florian Müller-Plathe
J. Chem. Theor. Comput. 17,
474–487
(2021); doi:10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00954
A quantitative prediction of polymer-entangled dynamics based on molecular simulation is a grand challenge in contemporary computational material science. The drastic increase of relaxation time and viscosity in high-molecular-weight polymeric
fluids essentially limits the usage of classic molecular dynamics simulation. Here, we demonstrate a systematic coarse-graining approach for modeling entangled polymers under the slip-spring particle-field scheme. Specifically, a frequency-controlled slip-spring model, a hybrid particle-field model, and a coarse-grained model of polystyrene melts are combined into a hybrid simulation technique. Via a rigorous parameterization strategy to determine the parameters in slip-springs from existing experimental or simulation data, we show that the reptation behavior is clearly observed in multiple characteristics of polymer dynamics, mean-square displacements, diffusion coefficients, reorientational relaxation, and Rouse mode analysis, consistent with the predictions of the tube theory. All dynamical properties of the slip-spring particle-field models are in good agreement with classic molecular dynamics models. Our work provides an efficient and practical approach to establish chemical-specific coarse-grained models for predicting polymer-entangled dynamics.
Atomistic hybrid particle-field molecular dynamics combined with slip-springs: Restoring entangled dynamics to simulations of polymer melts Z. Wu, A. Kalogirou, A. De Nicola, G. Milano, F. Müller-Plathe
J. Comput. Chem. 42,
6-18
(2021); doi:10.1002/jcc.26428
In hybrid particle-field (hPF) simulations (J. Chem. Phys., 2009 130, 214106), the entangled dynamics of polymer melts is lost due to chain crossability. Chains cross, because the field-treatment of the nonbonded interactions makes them effectively soft-core. We introduce a multi-chain slip-spring model (J. Chem. Phys., 2013 138, 104907) into the hPF scheme to mimic the topological constraints of entanglements. The structure of the polymer chains is consistent with that of regular molecular
dynamics simulations and is not affected by the introduction of slip-springs. Although slight deviations are seen at short times, dynamical properties such as mean-square displacements and reorientational relaxation times are in good agreement with traditional molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical predictions at long times.
Knotting Behaviour of Polymer Chains in the Melt State for Soft-core Models with and without Slip-springs Zhenghao Wu, Simon N. A. Alberti, Jurek Schneider, Florian Müller-Plathe
, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter ,
(2021); doi:10.1088/1361-648X/abef25
We analyse the knotting behaviour of linear polymer melts in two types of soft-core models, namely dissipative-particle dynamics and hybrid-particle-field models, as well as their variants with slip-springs which are added to recover entangled polymer dynamics. The probability to form knots is found drastically higher in the hybrid-particle-field model compared to its parent hard-core molecular dynamics model. By comparing the knottedness in dissipative-particle dynamics and hybrid-particle-field models with and without slip-springs, we find the impact of slip-springs on the knotting properties to be negligible. As a dynamic property, we measure the characteristic time of knot formation and destruction, and find it to be (i) of the same order as single-monomer motion and (ii) independent of the chain length in all soft-core models. Knots are therefore formed and destroyed predominantly by the unphysical chain crossing. This work demonstrates that the addition of slip-springs does not alter the knotting behaviour, and it provides a general understanding of knotted structures in these two soft-core models of polymer melts.
Mechanisms of Nucleation and Solid−Solid-Phase Transitions in Triblock Janus Assemblies Hossein Eslami, Ali Gharibi and Florian Müller-Plathe
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 17 (3),
1742−1754
(2021);
URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.0c01080doi:10.1021/acs.jctc.0c01080
A model, including the chemical details of core nanoparticles as well as explicit surface charges and hydrophobic patches, of triblock Janus particles is employed to simulate nucleation and solid−solid phase transitions in two-dimensional layers. An explicit solvent and a substrate are included in the
model, and hydrodynamic and many-body interactions were taken into account within many-body dissipative particle dynamics simulation. In order not to impose a mechanism a priori, we performed free (unbiased) simulations, leaving the system the freedom to choose its own pathways. In agreement with the experiment and previous biased simulations, a two-step mechanism for the nucleation of a kagome lattice from solution was detected. However, a distinct feature of the present unbiased versus biased simulations is that multiple nuclei emerge from the solution; upon their growth, the aligned and misaligned facets at the grain boundaries are introduced into the system. The liquid-like particles trapped between the neighboring nuclei connect them together.
A mismatch in the symmetry planes of neighboring nuclei hinders the growth of less stable (smaller) nuclei. Unification of such nuclei at the grain boundaries of misaligned facets obeys a two-step mechanism: melting of the smaller nuclei, followed by subsequent nucleation of liquid-like particles at the interface of bigger neighboring nuclei. Besides, multiple postcritical nuclei are formed in the simulation box; the growth of some of which stops due to introduction of a strain in the system. Such an incomplete nucleation/growth mechanism is in complete agreement with the recent experiments. The solid−solid (hexagonal-to-kagome) phase transition, at weak superheatings, obeys a two-step mechanism: a slower step (formation of a liquid droplet), followed by a faster step (nucleation of kagome from the liquid droplet).
Wall slip and bulk yielding in soft particle suspensions Gerhard Jung, Suzanne M. Fielding
Journal of Rheology 65 (2),
199-212
(2021);
Publication resulting from a PhD secondment of Gerhard Jung (TRR student) in Durham in 2018
doi:10.1122/8.0000171
We simulate a dense athermal suspension of soft particles sheared between hard walls of a prescribed roughness profile, fully accounting for the
fluid mechanics of the solvent between the particles and for the solid mechanics of changes in the particle shapes. We, thus, capture the widely
observed rheological phenomenon of wall slip. For imposed stresses below the material’s bulk yield stress, we show the slip to be dominated by a
thin solvent layer of high shear at the wall. At higher stresses, it is augmented by an additional contribution from the fluidization of the first few
layers of particles near the wall. By systematically varying the wall roughness, we quantify a suppression of slip with increasing roughness. We
also elucidate the effects of slip on the dynamics of yielding following the imposition of constant shear stress, characterizing the timescales at
which bulk yielding arises and at which slip first sets in
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